“Orange County’s resort-tax collections plunged nearly 29 percent in February, prompting the comptroller to say she doesn’t see ‘any way’ the county can make its next payment for Orlando’s new performing-arts center.” The Philips Center is scheduled to open in 2012, though Orlando’s mayor has said that the funding difficulties could cause a delay.
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Ohad Naharin To Receive ADF Lifetime Achievement Award
“The American Dance Festival will award distinguished dancer and choreographer Ohad Naharin with the 2009 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement,” which carries a $50,000 stipend. Naharin is artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company.